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Saturday, December 31, 2011

new year

hello lovely friends. thank you once again for the kindest words on the mountain posts. i'm hoping everyone had a wonderful holiday, celebrated with love and joy and even a little magic. i think i'm just now recovering. i cried when my children all came home and cried even more when they left again. i cried missing my mum who passed away last september. but when i had to hand my camera over for repairs, and was told maybe it would be back in six weeks ( my eyes filling with tears again), i knew it was time to find a way to step out of this fog i've been in. missing is okay, but it was beginning to feel like depression.

tonight i picked up my knitting needles, the first time in days. and made this post too. looking through the many photos i'd taken this year made me feel blessed and better already.

may ~ back to nyc, to the fashion institute of technology, to earn my knitting teachers credential

june ~ taking the train to anaheim, california to see u2 in concert

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july ~ the royal couple visited carpinteria

august ~ home

september ~ my mother, paris 2001

october ~ paddle boarding in the pacific ocean

november ~ making big plans

december ~ the sierras, family and home

these were some of the things that filled our year in twenty eleven. it's difficult to choose just one photo and one line to describe a month, or even a day. and though losing my mom has been the hardest thing in my life, tonight when chuck and i went out to dinner we agreed it was indeed a year to be thankful for, with the blessings of good health, good friends, much loved family, one little dog and adventures too, we hope for the new year to be more of these things, for all. cheers and welcome twenty twelve.
love, lori xxx

Oh Lori, I have a feeling 2012 will have wonderful things in store for you. Hugs to you Mama for your losses, changes and evolution. You are a dear friend Lori and I am grateful for this place of yours ... you have much to share. Hugs. Lyn

Hi Lori,I dropped by via kj,,and I adore your blog! These are some of the most amazing photos I've ever seen.I've now lived 15 minutes of 2012,here in Texas America, and I wanted to wish a Happy and Healthy New Year for you and your beautiful family.

I noticed how your mom was looked at by the other people - she was sure someone to draw attention! Like you, my sweets! This will become a great year, another one to be thankful for, like all the ones before. May you have some extra-wishes fulfilled (may that African bug disappear before going to meet new ones... Oh, how lovely that you can go again!)I am hugging you, my friend!

I'm currently catching up on more than a month's worth of blogposts and yours are a joy as ever.. those mountain photos are incredible, and I can hardly believe Owen is two already!! Your 2011 retrospective is amazing, too..

Hope that the knitting therapy is kicking in, and that your camera will be back soon..

2011, a year of great ups and so-sad downs, but a year you have made peace with, that sounds like a good start to 2012 to me (and much like the place I find myself in just now). And wow! at these photos Lori, especially December's, which has put a great big smile on my face.

May 2012 bring peace, health and prosperity to you and all you hold dear x

Lori, I'm so sorry to read about the loss of your mom - sending you very big hugs and much love.I LOVE your photos, they are so beautiful, so evocative!I hope that 2012 will be a wonderful, healthy and very happy year for you! xx

you know... i really feel Blessed to have stumbled onto BlogWorld when I did. i have an incredible group of women friends through blogs, that i feel a connection with. i may have never met you face to face, but i feel i know you... you share beautiful photos & wise words. i cant tell you how much i appreciate the encouraging comments you have passed on to me. lori~ it has been an interesting year.. i pray that you, chuck, and your beautiful family have a Blessed 2012♥ love xoxo janis

A beautiful post, Lori...your pictures are so interesting and each one tells its' own special story. You do have a rich and varied and wonderful life, despite your understandable recent sorrow. Sending you warmest wishes for a happy and fulfilling 2012.Helen x

lori, it warms me to think that in two of those months i was hanging with a special friend hotdogging on a rock and cabchasing in the rain. ♥

i can close my eyes and see the photo of your Mother. she is so beautiful in this shot, wistful, maybe even alittle sad, so very very beautiful. that it is black and white makes it classic. how could any year not be chiseled in psychic stones just by the (physical) loss of your Mom?

Holidays always make those emotions run amuck. Tears of joy, tears of joyful memories--may they both bring you solace in the new year.Wow is all I can say about your year in photos. Here's hoping that they were overestimating the time your camera will be "hospitalized" and you'll be soon behind the lens!! We all look forward to new photo adventures.Blessings in the new year!!!

hello my sweet friend from afar...you are one of my blessings of 2011. I cherish your posts, each and every one, and I cherish the friendship we have formed along the way. You are grace personified plus a million. I wish you and your lovely family (Owen included) all the best in the new year, especially good health, because when we have that we can conquer most obstacles.

beautiful post lori! i'm glad you found all that you have to be grateful for, because obviously you do. i tried to do the same - a picture for each month of 2011 - and it was too difficult for me to choose. esp. those first four months of still living in st. maarten. so much beauty! your mom is so elegant and i see such a resemblance between kim and her it's amazing!

What a gorgeous tour of your past year Lori, especially for those of us only recently discovering your space. It has been a full year, and somehow I always feel surprised when I discover this. Thank goodness for cameras, and blogging, and blog friends that help us remember that life is expansive and full, that we are all very very fortunate and full.cheers and happy new year to you friend!xo

What a beautiful post and a beautiful and full 2011 you had. This time of year is always hard when you've lost loved ones especially if it's your first Christmas and New Year without them. Here's to a even more beauteous 2012 full of hope, love, good health and great fortune. xo

Today it's Mother's Day May 12th, 2013. My Mum left this world 2008. My life went silent. Mother's Day is always the hardest for me. Today I will smile as my two daughters are taking me out for a picnic.

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